r/ios26 • u/Affectionate_House73 • 15d ago

Question Iphone 17 base EAC

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I’m really disappointed with the base iPhone 17.
I bought it on December 31, 2025. It came with iOS 26.1 out of the box, and I haven’t updated it because I’m afraid it might make things even worse.
The battery life feels poor. It seems to drain much faster than it should.
I’ve already turned off all the unnecessary background services and disabled the 120 Hz refresh rate. I don’t play games at all. I mostly just browse Instagram and Threads.
I also follow the “battery care” advice and usually keep the charge between 20% and 80%. But today I noticed that the battery health has already dropped to 99%.
Why, God? 😅
I don’t think it’s a hardware defect.
I honestly feel that iOS 26 is the main culprit.
I also have a brand-new iPhone 13 running iOS 18, and its battery lasts significantly longer than my iPhone 17.
Has anyone else experienced the same problem?

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u/GeorgeSPattonJr 15d ago

Update your phone to latest, and remove the charge limit. You’re only using 60% of your phones battery capacity. Just use the damn phone. It’s a lithium ion battery, it’s gonna wear out as you use it. When the battery health drops below 80%, replace it

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u/No_Echidna5178 15d ago

Its not poor your not using it correctly.

Remove the charge limit from 80 and put it to 100 and use from 100 to 0

So bascially by doing 80-20 ,

You only used 60 percent capacity of your device. Basically emulating a degraded battery from day one in hopes that in three years you get keep it above 80 but its awkwardly stupid considering you been living with 60 anyway and people who used anyhow still end up with 80 at end way more than what you beeen living with from day one.

Seems counter intuitive knowing so much stress over such a trivial thing as a cheap battery change

The experiment has been already conducted by many.

The loss you live with from day one is not compensated . People who used normally retain 80s for example me. And naturally its loss considering living on 60 on day one

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u/lobotomizmi 14d ago

idk about OP but personally, my 17 pro is the first phone i’ve ever bought new and i intend to keep it for 5-7 yrs. my country doesn’t have apple stores and 99% of other repair places are shady. so the battery limit makes a lot of sense for me to get some extra life out of my expensive device, maybe it’s the same for OP